title: Microcantilever biosensors for chemicals and bioorganisms.
abstract: In the last fifteen years, microcantilevers (MCLs) have been emerging as a sensitive tool for the detection of chemicals and bioorganisms. Because of their small size, lightweight, and high surface-to-volume ratio, MCL-based sensors improve our capability to detect and identify biological agents by orders of magnitude. A biosensor is a device for the detection of an analyte that combines a biological component with a physicochemical detector component. The MCL biosensors have recently been reviewed in several papers. All of these papers were organized based on the sensing biological elements (antibody, enzyme, proteins, etc.) for recognition of analytes. In this review, we intend to summarize the microcantilever biosensors in a format of each specific chemical and bioorganism species to make information on individual biosensors easily accessible. We did this to aid researchers to locate relevant references.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA.
authors.forename: Koutilya R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Buchapudi
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hai-Feng
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thundat
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D009005:Monosaccharides; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011506:Proteins